IUCN status: Near Threatened
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Not assessed
IUCN claim: “Forest fragmentation combined with predation from foxes appear to be the principal reasons for the decline of the species. Grazing and burning regimes that affect availability of shelter are a disadvantage to populations (Maxwell et al. 1996). Reintroductions of the species have been unsuccessful due to fox predation.”
Found in 1% of fox scats where the wallabies had been reintroduced (Glen et al. 2011). At the same site foxes had been attributed with hunting all the reintroduced, predator-inexperienced, wallabies (Short et al. 1992).
No studies
There are no studies evidencing a negative association between foxes
and parma wallaby populations. The fate of reintroduced animals is not a
reliable proxy for the fate of populations.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
Glen, A.S., Pennay, M., Dickman, C.R., Wintle, B.A. and Firestone, K.B., 2011. Diets of sympatric native and introduced carnivores in the Barrington Tops, eastern Australia. Austral Ecology, 36(3), pp.290-296.
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023
Short, J., Bradshaw, S.D., Giles, J., Prince, R.I.T. and Wilson, G.R., 1992. Reintroduction of macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) in Australia—a review. Biological Conservation, 62(3), pp.189-204.